[GHC] #882: Overflow bug in System.Time

[Sigbjorn Finne]

The fix is trivial though (and have been applied to HEAD) --
  http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/588

--sigbjorn

GHC wrote:
> #882: Overflow bug in System.Time
> -------------------------------+--------------------------------------------
>     Reporter:  simonpj         |        Owner:         
>         Type:  bug             |       Status:  new    
>     Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:         
>    Component:  libraries/base  |      Version:  6.4.2  
>     Severity:  normal          |     Keywords:         
>           Os:  Unknown         |   Difficulty:  Unknown
> Architecture:  Unknown         |  
> -------------------------------+--------------------------------------------
> Frederik Eaton reports: The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System,
>  version 6.4.3.20060816
>  {{{
>  > now <- getClockTime
>  > addToClockTime (TimeDiff {tdYear = 0, tdMonth = 0, tdDay = 0, tdHour =
>  0, tdMin = 0, tdSec = 0, tdPicosec = 999999999999}) now
>  *** Exception: Time.toClockTime: picoseconds out of range
>
>  }}}
>
>  This is clearly a bug.  Simon Marlow comments: System.Time is kind-of
>  deprecated: the new time package is intended to supercede it, but I have
>  been reluctant to really deprecate System.Time because it comes from
>  Haskell98, and also because we don't have much experience with its
>  replacement.
>
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